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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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Having said this, it seems like the post production technique has become the primary element of your photo i believe that this photo lacks quality composition.
If the subject were the Gates or the Entrance (into the "middle age") i believe that the entrance should have been emphasized more, when first looking at the photo, the tower in the background and the lady in background seem to steal the spotlight , rather that the eyes leading through the entrance (to the middle age), i believe that this takes away from an harmonious composition.
As per normal the post production is amazing, and the colours expressed throughout the photo are aesthetically pleasing and in my opinion make the photo, rather than the composition.
There a few areas of the photo which appear to have been over produced or neglected during the production stage (sky behind the apex of tower, sky behind the upper section of the left hand gate), these areas do not assist with creating a consistent tone and appear to upset the expected colour gradation.
I believe that the concept if great, however could have been expressed more thoroughly from a different angle and with more care.
Hope i haven't offended, am a big fan of your work, especially the earlier stuff.
Keep up the good work.
There are a lot of things I want to point out.
1. I really enjoy the natural framing you gave this piece
2. Great use of aperture, the depth of field in this photo looks like it is pretty much infinite! Everything is well in your desired focal range.
3. The lighting as with all of your pics is very dark and grim, but that is not a bad thing, you have found a style that works both for you and obviously your watchers. I too watched you for this very reason.
4. Your tone mapping and post process work flow is refined and you don't seem to over tone map anything, that can be hard to do, and easily found everywhere when it comes to tone mapped photos.
5. you have some decent leading lines that point directly at your subject, the stones lead to that table cloth, which leads to the lady, also i notice the gates lead to the roof of that shop which leads you to look into the middle of the photo, sequentially making you look beyond the woman and up at the structure.
With all that taken into account, I give it an 8.0 out of 10. Reason being is because I have seen a lot of your work, you do have better pieces, and it gets an 8 in comparison to those works. Standing alone this piece is a personal 10 though
hope you enjoyed my critique!
Justin
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